Banishing the Brown

When we purchased the Sheep, there was so much brown.

Matching, custom brown vinyl sofa, dinette, too many window valences to count, ( I just did, there were seven, we are down to three!) and three captains chairs. Brown lamp shades, wood grain cabinets, sand paint (it's sandpaper textured and colored paint...), brown and slightly lighter brown curtains in the bedroom, brown towels to match the brown shower curtain and brown bath mat in the bathroom...the list goes on.

As a result, one of our new life goals has been to "Banish the Brown!!!" We pretty much don't allow anything of the brown persuasion to be added to the rig, we need color! Anything to lessen the feeling that we are living inside of a cardboard box (which in a sense we are, but that is a story for another post). Below is the only picture I have of the inside before we touched anything. It's of the day the Sheep became a part of the family.

This is just a taste...

The Living Room

One of the first areas we worked on is directly behind the passenger seat, where the third captain's chair used to be. We needed this extra floor space for a "Skipper Spot", a place for his bed and water bowl. His bed currently consists of three bed pillows which I intend to deconstruct, and then reconstruct into one big doggy pillow, but it works for now since the sewing machine hasn't been put into commission yet. Steve also tacked up a small tie dye piece we made a few months ago to cover up some more brown.

Steve also made me a small window box/shelf for some greenery! I like to take small cuttings and grow my own little plants. You can also the Colombian statue on the left and bird flute on the right of the shelf, Steve is Colombian.

(Side Note: I apologize for these terrible pictures, I am too lazy to drag out the nice camera, and I took some of the ones below the other night with my phone as well, so I wanted them to match. I promise to improve the quality soon!)

Skipper and his "Trippy Skippy Spot"

Just last week we found a futon on Craig's List that we liked, so we got to rip out the terrible brown vinyl sleeper sofa! The giant sun blanket has been Steve's for awhile. Also, notice I included one of the remaining brown window valences for your pleasure (top right corner, above the chair), along with the matching brown vinyl driver's seat (said chair). The super old computer does not permanently live in the spot on the right, Steve is removing from files from this dinosaur so we can leave it behind before our trip North!

New futon.

The whole shebang!

The Kitchen

We haven't done much to the kitchen except remove the microwave, put up a magnetic knife bar, remove a window valence, add some white Christmas lights and put up a few decorations. This and the bathroom are next on the list.

The Kitchen!

And Now... The Bedroom!

Oh yeah...

Looking into the bedroom from Nicole's mirror.

Curtains, scarves and costumes on Nicole's side.

As you can see from the pictures, we also made some improvements to the bedroom. Here we didn't have to remove much aside from two lamps by the bed and some audio cables, but I LOVE how it turned out. The lights are shot gun shells zip tied to a strand of Christmas lights which make the light nice and soft (Contact us if you are interested in purchasing a strand or two!). We saved the shells from our Christmas visit to my dad's where we got to do a bit of skeet shooting. The Mardi Gras beads are straight from Bourbon Street, 2012. They may or may not last past Mardi Gras 2014, but they are fun for now. The purple, draped curtains over the bed are from when I started college and have traveled many miles with me.

Skeet shooting with my dad!

We have really enjoyed decorating the RV with mostly found, donated and thrift store items. I enjoy walking into a store with Steve with the purpose of seeing what we find rather than seeking out a particular object. It seems like things present themselves to us, almost like they want to come along on our adventure.

Lots of Love,

Nicole & Steve